Formulation and Preliminary Test of an Empirical Theory of Coordination in Software Engineering

Proceedings of the Joint European Software Engineering Conference (ESEC) and SIGSOFT Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (FSE-11)

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 138-147

  Herbsleb, James D ^a   Mockus, Audris ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AVAYA LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Conway's Law; Coordination; Empirical studies; Empirical theory; Engineering decisions

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTER TESTING; DATA REDUCTION; DECISION MAKING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; THEOREM PROVING;

CONWAY'S LAW; COORDINATION; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; EMPIRICAL THEORY; ENGINEERING DECISIONS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 1542286888     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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